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ומדליקין לו את הנר. משום רבי יצחק אמרו: אף צולין לו דג קטן. תניא נמי הכי: מי שלא הניח עירובי תבשילין — אופין לו פת אחת, וטומנין לו קדרה אחת, ומדליקין לו את הנר, ומחמין לו קיתון אחד, ויש אומרים: אף צולין לו דג קטן.
and kindle a lamp for him. They said in the name of R' Yitzḥak: They may even roast a small fish for him. That is also taught in a baraita: With regard to one who did not prepare an eiruv tavshilin, others may bake one loaf of bread for him, and insulate one pot of food for him, and kindle a lamp for him, and heat one small jug [kiton] of water for him. And some say: They may even roast a small fish for him.
Rava said: Actually, one can say that the Mishnah is referring to a case where one prepared an eiruv tavshilin, and nevertheless, if he did not insulate hot food on the eve of the Festival for Shabbat he may not do so on the Festival itself, because insulating hot food is different, as it is evident that he is acting with Shabbat in mind and not for the Festival. Beit Shammai view this as a desecration of the sanctity of the Festival.
איתיביה אביי: חנניה אומר: בית שמאי אומרים: אין אופין אלא אם כן ערב בפת, ואין מבשלין אלא אם כן ערב בתבשיל, ואין טומנין אלא אם כן היו לו חמין טמונין מערב יום טוב. הא היו לו חמין טמונין — מיהא עביד, ואף על גב דמוכחא מלתא דאדעתא דשבת קעביד!
Abaye raised an objection to Rava’s opinion from the following baraita: Ḥananya says that Beit Shammai say: One may not bake on a Festival for Shabbat that occurs on the following day unless he established a joining of cooked foods with bread, and he may not cook for Shabbat unless he established a joining of cooked foods with a cooked dish, and he may not insulate hot food for Shabbat unless he already had hot food insulated from the eve of the Festival. But this indicates that if he had hot food insulated, he may in any case act in that manner and insulate hot food for Shabbat, even though it is evident that he is acting with Shabbat in mind. This shows that even according to Ḥananya, who rules in accordance with the opinion of Beit Shammai, it is permitted to insulate hot food on a Festival for Shabbat.